National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been ordered to direct Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC) Plc., manufacturers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks to add a warning on the bottles
of the product, that its content cannot be taken with Vitamin C.
According to The Nation, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji, of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere gave the ordered following a suit filed by businessman Dr Emmanuel Fijabi Adebo and his firm, Fijabi Adebo Holdings Ltd.
The legal action instituted in 2008 had NBC and NAFDAC as defendants.
Fijabi’s lawyer, Abiodun Onidare told the court that his client bought large quantities of different products from NBS for export to the UK but when they arrived at their destination, Fanta and Sprite failed UK Health Authorities’ (Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council’s Trading Standards Department of Environment and Economy Directorate) sample test for human consumption, as they became poisonous when mixed with Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C).
The claimants demanded N15, 119,619.37 as special damages and N1, 622,000 being the money the NBC admitted it received from the claimants.
In its defence, the NBC, through its lawyer, T. O. Busari, stated that it was not negligent as claimed by the plaintiff, adding that it has stringent quality control procedures to ensure that its products are safe for end-user consumption.
The NBC argued that the levels of the chemical components in its soft drinks are safe for consumption in Nigeria and that the claimants are not entitled to the recovery of damages arising from their illegal exportation of products meant for local distribution.
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